This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm an ex-mayor. Los Angeles is a magnet for people from all over the world. Some of them run for public office. Inevitably some of them stray from the golden rule and rule for those that have the gold. That's when I go to work. My name is Yorty. I'm a dead pol.

Roy Disney has a major share in the family business, The Walt Disney Company who counts among it's many subsidiaries ABC. No wonder he's opposed to NBC Universal's plan to build a new facility at the Universal City Metro station. How old is this guy anyway? Why does he care about traffic that's 5-10 years away?

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Once in a while you actually find a good story and link: the one quoting Parks and Perry trying to justify overturning the 3-12 rule is a doozy.

Says Brilliant Bitter Bernie: "The perception of safety is not in the crime stats that come out once a month. The perception of safety is by the people who live there."

That's so stupid, even the dogg couldn't have thunk it up. Actual, real crime stats mean nothing: they are as much a "perception" as what the boys in the hood THINK.

Reality and perception are all the same -- in his mind.

Then Perry adds something equally stupid -- in Council today, she was asked to repeat it three or more times by Asst. Chief Earl Paysinger (who's also black), as he became increasingly annoyed at not having the slightest clue what she was trying to say.

Finally she snapped, "I mean just exactly what I said!" but finally managed to look embarrassed enough to shut up.

Paysinger reminded them again that their perceptions notwithstanding, stats were stats and they were down, and this schedule is what it takes to recruit cops.

Funny coincidence:

Bitter Bernie is also spokesman and the moving force of the Colliseum Commission. Which should just be abolished altogether -- under Bernie it's just an obstructionist organization, just like he is against the cops on the Council.

But instead of retiring and leaving us in peace already, this guy who's as confused as he is better intends to run for Supervisor?

The facts are that Bernie is a shoo in to be the Supervisor. MRT can't win the election because all the cards are stacked against him. He waited way too long to make his move and the community that will be doing the electing marches in lockstep to Maxine Water's wishes.

She has spoken, as has the current Supervisor Burke, and all others of consequence.

This election is predetermined.

Now, back to the Commission and USC.

This is just old fashioned hardball negotiating by USC; they aren't going anywhere and everyone knows it. They are trying to turn public opinion against the commission so that they can get better terms from them.

But, they already pay less than any other major university does for a stadium they don't own and isn't on their land.

Garrett is just a jerk who doesn't know a good deal when he has one. He played too much football without his helmet.

USC is greedy and they want to control the venue; they won't get that, ever.

If Ridley Thomas was smart he'd go after Bitter Bernie's corrupt failure as police chief and ask the question "what has Bernie done for his own people in his district.?" Nothing. People don't want a clowncil member who doesn't like cops like Bernie. David Z does a good job pointing out all the Colisum Commissioners are political appointees not regular people. Its not true that cops work 3 days and are off 4 to rest. Ask any cop will tell you on their days off they are in court waiting for hours to testify on cases. All the large city depts. are on 3-12. Bitter Bernie is still very angry about being dissed by union. Remember this is a man who goes to church every Sunday yet acts like Satan.

"We made a promise to the tax payers that we will have accountability at every level," Cardenas said. "We need to develop programs that convince young people to do more than say no to drugs. They need to say no to gangs.

HELLOOOO Connie Rice gave these morons her outline a year ago and they haven't done shit. They don't take the gang issue seriously. Add the Rev. Jeff Carr another moron who is getting paid a fortune and hasn't done a thing. They'll get up off their lazy asses when someone in their family is a victim of gang violence.

If Jan Perry and Gloria Molina want to get me funding, I can bring in the people to open a low cal restaurant in South Central. We can also set up a room in the back where we will have fitness classes.

I just want Jan and Gloria to guarantee my income if no one shows up to buy broiled skinless chicken breast and steamed brocoli.

We'll call it Sam's Place. Gloria - Jan? You with me? Will you help me help the people lose weight?

The city should sell the old dinosaur to USC. Every other city has knocked down the old to biuld new stadiums, here everyone is stuck on the past Olympic stadium dreams.

If the city ever needs a new stadium, it won't be there, the neighbor hood has always scared off half the patrons. When TV came in strong, attendance dropped, especially when communities developed outside the local blackout area.

Regardless of how good a team is, if its a drag to get there, people won't come. Any stadium in downtown area will not attract those in the valley, Santa Clarita, and all areas east of LA. Too much of a hassle when we all have big screens.

The kiss ass photo the LA Slimes has in CAlif. section of Antonio makes him look so gay with his hands folded at his chest. Would serve the mayor and council right if USC left. The colisium makes a lot of money for the city and yet Bitter Bernie the idiots on the commission screwed up not getting an NFL team in LA. Pretty damn sad.

King was riding his back home to Rialto late Wednesday when someone fired on him with a pellet gun. King made it home and called police, said Rialto police Sgt. Don Lewis. King suffered minor injuries to his face, back and upper torso, according to police description.

Lewis said King did not give police many details about the shooting. King has experienced several run-ins with the law since the beating, including being arrested on suspicion of domestic violence in 2005.

I actually love tofu and had a tofufish sandwich the other day from Vegan Plate in Studio City.

Hmmm - now why does Vegan Plate build in Studio City but not in South Central?

By the way there is a total vegan restaurant in the hood, in the not NoHo part of North Hollywood, Leonor's on Victory and Tujunga. 100% animal product free Mexican food, pizza, sandwiches and salads. The lady that owns the place was once an illegal too!

This story is very scary how the illegals are beginning to infiltrate this country big time.

Washington... Half of the nearly 3.5 million immigrants living in Texas are in the country illegally, the Center for Immigration Studies says in a report being released today...It said that 50 percent of the state's foreign-born population — slightly more than 1.7 million people — are illegal immigrants. Only Arizona at 65 percent, North Carolina at 58 percent and Georgia at 53 percent had a higher proportion of illegal immigrants in their immigrant populations.

Many people within the undocumented population are unskilled workers and tend to go to states where they can find those types of jobs, explained Flavia Jimenez, a senior policy analyst with the National Council of La Raza, a nonpartisan advocacy group for Hispanic Americans. And many go where there are already family members...The nation's immigrant population — legal and illegal — reached a record of 37.9 million in 2007.

Nearly one in three of these newcomers is here illegally. Half of the immigrants from Mexico and Central America are in the country illegally, and one-third of those from South America are illegal immigrants..."Immigrants and their young children (under 18) now account for one-fifth of the school-age population, one-fourth of those in poverty and nearly one-third of those without health insurance."..Immigration accounts for nearly all of the national increase in public school enrollment over the past two decades, the report said. In 2007, there were 10.8 million school-age children from immigrant families in the United States — about one in five of the nation's school-age kids...In Texas, 26.7 percent of the school-age (5-17) population had immigrant fathers. About half of these immigrant children — 13 percent of the state's total school age population — were illegal immigrants or the offspring of illegal immigrants.

About one-third of all families nationally headed by an immigrant use at least one welfare program — compared to less than one-fifth for native households, the report said...

No, the collection won’t be stored in Mount Washington. And it shouldn’t be: anyone who saw the stacks of crates piled up like the final scene from “Citizen Kane,” who smelled the mildew and saw firsthand the deterioration of priceless artifacts would concede that the collection was in jeopardy; it was not being maintained to contemporary standards. It will be maintained and preserved elsewhere, as it must be. But of those 250,000 artifacts, only a tiny fraction was ever on view at a single time. Much of the collection hasn’t been displayed for decades and some it has never been seen by the public at all. The collection is vast; it’s rich enough to sustain two museums: our own in Northeast L.A. and another in Griffith Park.

sorry Mayor Sam but if its Mexican no way in hell it would be veggie unless you ate only a tostada with no meat. I can't stand all the so called Mexican restaurants that have black beans not the unhealthy great refried beans. Then the owners who of course aren't Mexican decide to make up their own dishes calling them Mexican like who has heard of taquitos having rice inside them?????? DUMB DUMB...Don't pretend to think you know our culture and food.

SO this fellow wanted takeout pizza. A Chinese kid delivered it. He ordered next day from a Japanese restaurant, and a Mexican showed up. Third night he phoned for Chinese. A Jewish delivery boy on a bike brought it.

Roy Disney may be old but he was right on about the Universal STudios mega expansion and new "city." The already horrible traffic will only get worse and all the Metro parking will go for the two office towers.

While all sorts of fat Hispanics and a handful of others were shown trying out the equipment at one park, Gloria was firmly planted on a bench on the sidelines, and looked angry when the cameras caught her, cutting away from the other fatties who at least got on the equipment. Seems she only likes to be photographed when standing and looking official, not sitting on the sidelines at her "gym park." It's fair game: if she and Perry want to make an issue of health and exercise, walk the walk.

Ah, so now Mayor Sam is protecting Daniel Guss if criticism of Guss's self-promoting amateur animal-whore videography calls on Mayor Sam to do his job as a blog moderator and eliminate B.S. spam. Great. Really a great show of integrity and intestinal fortitude, Sam! Keep up the great work! (And bring back the Fourth Floor!)

Animal idiot Daniel Guss has fouled and soiled this blog more than anyone would like to know over the last couple of years, yet Mayor Sam is apparently fine with it as long as MAV is slimed as part of the process. Maybe you all should just focus on MAV's many problems rather than pumping the ego of the self-styled Little Napoleon-of-the-Animal-Nutz full of excrement-scented helium.

Asshole 5:52 should lighten up. Daniel Guss, who ever he is, couldn't be any worse than others who post here - like Asshole 5:52. The one thing 11:23 p.m. is wrong about is that any of them ever go away.

Mayor Sam is about free speech, though, which is good. And he doesn't need to protect "deputy dufus" any more than Daniel Guss. He just shouldn't assume that anybody's posts are being ignored. I bet if he asked the guy who posted the video link whether it has gotten his video any viewers, he'd probably say yes, yes, yes. Hundreds! Thousands! If he's lucky, maybe dozens. Whatever.

Don't discount the power of Sister City. People are paying attention. If Mr. Video keeps repeating the link, maybe bloggers go check it out and he doesn't go away.

It's like that poster that used to make the rounds: a photo of Hitler with someone showing him a model of a prototype Volkswagen beetl back in the thirties. The caption said "advertising makes it happen!"

Mayor Sam makes it happen! Maybe he can tell us who plays the part of Hitler here?

But you see, the point here is that nobody really gives a shit about the sleeping staff guy video no matter how many times the mad poster posts it. He can get 10 hits or 100 or a 1000 and nobody cares. It hardly makes sense to show a staffer sleeping at a meeting when there is video out there of one of the Councilman sleeping at a city council meeting. How many hits do you think that sleeping council guy video got?

The amount of times someone goes to click on it doesn't give it more power. It might make the guy sleeping more known to mayor sam readers if they ever see him anywhere at a meeting, but I think the truth is that nobody cares.